December 7, 2011
Add payroll tax cuts to the long list of issues that separate 2012 opponents U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Las Vegas, and U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev.
Both want to extend tax cuts for workers, but the candidates in the 2012 U.S. Senate race don’t agree on how Congress should pay for it.
The extension of the Social Security payroll tax cut endorsed by Democratic President Barack Obama would save individual taxpayers hundreds of dollars next year while potentially adding to the federal deficit.
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December 7, 2011
To win the Senate, Democrats and Republicans are going to need successful fundraising, great messaging and a strong get-out-the-vote effort.
But Senate Democrats say they’ve got something else giving them an advantage: girl power.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee featured Rep. Shelley Berkley in a press event at the Sewall-Belmont House in D.C. — an important house in the history of the suffragette movement — to highlight the role of female candidates in the effort to keep the Senate under Democratic control.
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December 6, 2011
Democrats Harry Reid and Shelley Berkley reacted to the positive na tional unemployment report Friday by criticizing Republican opposition to extending the payroll tax holiday.
Rep. Berkley said the addition of 120,000 jobs in November, which drove the rate to 8.6 percent and its lowest level since mid-2008, “provides yet another reminder that we still have a long way to go when it comes to getting our economy back on track.”
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December 2, 2011
Rep. Shelley Berkley had a better month of November than Sen. Dean Heller in their march to next year’s U.S. Senate election, according to an assessment Thursday in Politico, which is known for its almost micro-coverage of campaigns.
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November 30, 2011
If you want a sign of the gender gap in American politics, look no further than both parties’ Senate recruitment efforts.
Democrats have accomplished the rare feat of convincing more women than men to run in leading Senate races next year. Include the six women up for reelection, and it’s the largest crop running for the Senate–ever.
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